Ralph A. Richey
BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army
HOMETOWN
Flora, IL
HONORED BY
Robert Medley Gatewood
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON JULY 6, 1942 AT EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS. AFTER BASIC TRAINING AND AS A 34 YEAR OLD OWNER/MANAGER OF A FARM IMPLEMENT COMPANY, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP FOREMAN (337) AND ATTENDED THE ARMORED FORCE SCHOOL AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. ASSIGNED TO THE 29TH ORDNANCE MEDIUM MAINTENANCE COMPANY, 42ND ORDNANCE BATTALION, HE DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MARCH 5, 1943 BOUND FOR ICELAND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS EN-ROUTE, ULTIMATELY, TO THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WITH HIS UNIT, PARTICIPATED IN THE TUNISIA, SICILY, NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES, AND PO VALLEY CAMPAIGNS TILL THE END OF WAR IN EUROPE. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE EACH SILVER AND BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ORDNANCE CORPS AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT ON OCTOBER 8, 1944 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, CAMP MCCOY, WISCONSIN.
BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army
HOMETOWN
Flora, IL
HONORED BY
Robert Medley Gatewood
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON JULY 6, 1942 AT EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS. AFTER BASIC TRAINING AND AS A 34 YEAR OLD OWNER/MANAGER OF A FARM IMPLEMENT COMPANY, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP FOREMAN (337) AND ATTENDED THE ARMORED FORCE SCHOOL AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. ASSIGNED TO THE 29TH ORDNANCE MEDIUM MAINTENANCE COMPANY, 42ND ORDNANCE BATTALION, HE DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MARCH 5, 1943 BOUND FOR ICELAND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS EN-ROUTE, ULTIMATELY, TO THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WITH HIS UNIT, PARTICIPATED IN THE TUNISIA, SICILY, NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES, AND PO VALLEY CAMPAIGNS TILL THE END OF WAR IN EUROPE. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE EACH SILVER AND BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ORDNANCE CORPS AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT ON OCTOBER 8, 1944 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, CAMP MCCOY, WISCONSIN.
Ralph A. Richey
BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army
HOMETOWN
Flora, IL
HONORED BY
Robert Medley Gatewood
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON JULY 6, 1942 AT EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS. AFTER BASIC TRAINING AND AS A 34 YEAR OLD OWNER/MANAGER OF A FARM IMPLEMENT COMPANY, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP FOREMAN (337) AND ATTENDED THE ARMORED FORCE SCHOOL AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. ASSIGNED TO THE 29TH ORDNANCE MEDIUM MAINTENANCE COMPANY, 42ND ORDNANCE BATTALION, HE DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MARCH 5, 1943 BOUND FOR ICELAND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS EN-ROUTE, ULTIMATELY, TO THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WITH HIS UNIT, PARTICIPATED IN THE TUNISIA, SICILY, NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES, AND PO VALLEY CAMPAIGNS TILL THE END OF WAR IN EUROPE. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE EACH SILVER AND BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ORDNANCE CORPS AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT ON OCTOBER 8, 1944 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, CAMP MCCOY, WISCONSIN.
BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army
HOMETOWN
Flora, IL
HONORED BY
Robert Medley Gatewood
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON JULY 6, 1942 AT EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS. AFTER BASIC TRAINING AND AS A 34 YEAR OLD OWNER/MANAGER OF A FARM IMPLEMENT COMPANY, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP FOREMAN (337) AND ATTENDED THE ARMORED FORCE SCHOOL AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. ASSIGNED TO THE 29TH ORDNANCE MEDIUM MAINTENANCE COMPANY, 42ND ORDNANCE BATTALION, HE DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON MARCH 5, 1943 BOUND FOR ICELAND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS EN-ROUTE, ULTIMATELY, TO THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WITH HIS UNIT, PARTICIPATED IN THE TUNISIA, SICILY, NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN APENNINES, AND PO VALLEY CAMPAIGNS TILL THE END OF WAR IN EUROPE. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE EACH SILVER AND BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ORDNANCE CORPS AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT ON OCTOBER 8, 1944 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, CAMP MCCOY, WISCONSIN.
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